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Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
omeydz:
Congrats Vlad looking spot on!
Shoduchi:
A lot of work involved but finally you can get your SPS Revo Box! :party:
Big congrats! :congrats: a
rex:
Thank you very much, guys! :notworthy:
I know the MFSW is not a big mod, but I enjoy even the smallest of mods. This is the reason I write even about the smallest of mods :smiley:.
There is a joke going right now: Some things Norway and Romania have in common: nice girls, stunning landscapes and skiing for Easter.
So during a snow storm I decided to switch the winter tires with summer tires.
I also needed to change the brake pads. I went for Pagid Yellow RS29 just like the previous ones. During this switch I noticed something unusual:
It appears that the dust seal is broken. So it appears that the Porsche calipers need a refurb. I will contact DaveB and see what he thinks...
One question: is it ok if I go to the next track day with the seals broken?
I managed to put the seals in so that they will not protrude so much:
Here is the old pad vs the new one:
I noticed that the inner pad is darker so the heat is bigger on the inside even if I have the brake ducts.
I might just through the dust shields if I have another idea for mounting the brake ducts.
rex:
While I am waiting for parts to arrive, I always like to watch some of my older videos. I think the absolute lap time is not relevant and I think all that maters are the experience and the videos.
Lately a lot of people, when they see my car, ask me solely about the bhp as if nothing else matters. This is one video I want to share (again) that says differently...
Some 50 pages back and almost 4 years to the day I visited the Hungarian capital and its F1 Race Track. I went with a couple of my friends: Adrian with a 534 bhp S3 (with a lower bhp setup around 420bhp) and Vlad with a 413bhp Polo GTI (with a lower setup at around 300 bhp and ~380hhp on the long straight).
Vlad is close to my driving skills so I think that does not play a significant part. The Polo had semislicks, TA Technic suspension, stock brakes with a little improvement due to the racing brake liquid and updated pads. Even with that amount of power, he was 1 second slower than I was so POWER ISN'T EVERYTHING :happy2:.
A few comments:
- first of all, everybody was amassed to see the Polo gaining ground from the GTR on the straight (the GTR's passenger started clapping his hands when he saw the Polo gaining ground :happy2:). You can see these 2 cars side by side in the video but not much else about this 'dogfight'. Unfortunately the Polo due to the Polo's setup this battle was lost from the beginning (the S3 however has faster than that GTR)
- I am following Vlad in his Polo GTI trying to see how my car measures up against his car :jumping:. You can see the HUGE difference in power on the straights. On the bends however it's another story. I was about 1-2 sec faster per lap than the Polo GTI but I could have never overtaken him because I just wasn't close enough when it was time to brake. But fortunately Vlad let me overtake him so I was free to try some hot laps.
- my car had a similar setup to the current one, I changed the brake pads, the seats and the tires (different brand semislicks). Other than that it is the same.
- compared to my current best lap, at the time this video was taken, I was about 1.8 seconds slower.
- 4 years ago 640x480 resolution was ok but now it is far from that. Sorry for the video resolution!
Any ideas?
P.S. My advice for anybody who wants to modify the car: firstly, upgrade the brakes!
th3_f15t:
Power is nothing without control and discipline... :happy2:
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